A religous thread, topic; Heaven

[Wren57]

I think most of you know my stance on religion and the existance of God. This is not a thread to debate God, Lucifer, or why people believe or disbelieve. Save all that for other threads, please. One of the loopholes I see in religion is the existance of heaven. I understand hell; it is eternal torture for evils committed on Earth; yeah, that would suck. But what about heaven? If it is truly a 100% peaceful, blissful, and perfect place, would it not be boring? What would you do for all eternity? So much of what we do on Earth, especially in captialist America, is driven by competition. In a perfect heaven, nobody can lose, nobody can win, so therefore is there no competition? Also, there would be no challenges. For example, building a house or even something as simple as cooking a good meal could be a challenge on Earth. If everything is perfect in heaven, it is easy, and we can do everything perfectly, so the challenge is lost in building that house and cooking that meal; so does the sense of satisfaction of achievement disappear as well? IS there even anything to achieve in heaven? If not, why even continue to exist? (can you tell I'm a functionalist?)

Just something I've always wondered... I think heaven would be awful boring (although better than hell)... just rambling thoughts.

Discuss.